By Nate Raymond US appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing swift deportations to third countries BOSTON, Sept 18 – A US federal appeals court rejected on Friday a Trump administration policy that allows authorities to rapidly deport migrants to countries other than their own without giving them a chance to raise safety concerns. Ruling in … Read more
South Korea’s expanded espionage law now covers all foreign countries, not just North Korea. This revised Criminal Act carries a minimum three-year prison sentence for espionage offenses. The amendment addresses concerns about technology and industrial espionage involving non-North Korean actors. High-profile technology leak cases, including those involving Chinese firms, preceded this change. South Korea aims … Read more
US President Donald Trump threatened to cease trading with countries with which America has a trade deficit if the country’s central bank did not lower interest rates in a social media post on Friday. Trump expressed frustration that high domestic interest rates, which are governed by America’s Federal Reserveplaced the US at a “very unfair … Read more
In 2015, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen launched Global FinPrint, a global survey that eventually deployed thousands of underwater cameras across coral reefs in 58 countries. The project was led by researchers at Florida International University and funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, with more than 120 researchers across the western Atlantic, the Indian … Read more
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he’s urging some of his G20 counterparts to take a page from the Trump administration’s playbook of using tariffs and other measures to crack down on trade imbalances. Bessent says G20 countries should also use tariffs to protect their industries from cheap imports Bessent told reporters that … Read more
GDANSK, – Australia in December became the world’s first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook. From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children’s social media access Meta will pay up to $18 billion to resolve claims by U.S. … Read more
A US federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s policy suspending immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries, ruling that Secretary of State Marco Rubio exceeded his legal authority when the State Department introduced the nationality-based restrictions. Trump’s immigrant visa freeze for 75 countries blocked by US judge. (Getty Images via AFP) US … Read more
A plane carrying deportees from the United States arrives at Roberts International Airport, Harbel, near Monrovia, Liberia (Picture credit: Reuters) The United States on Thursday carried out its first deportation under an agreement allowing Liberia to accept up to 1,200 people who are not Liberian nationals, marking one of the Trump administration’s largest efforts yet … Read more
DAKAR, Senegal — Twenty migrants deported from the United States arrived in Liberia on Thursday, the first group of an eventual 1,200 deportees that the West African country says it will receive from the U.S. under a new deal. US has sent deportees to many African countries, the latest one being Liberia. Here’s why Under … Read more
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi spoke with his Saudi, Turkish and Qatari counterparts, as well as Pakistan’s army chief Iran has made a concerted diplomatic push with Gulf states, warning them explicitly that Tehran will hit their oil, power and water plants unless they convince President Donald Trump to end US strikes on Iran and … Read more